The Greek Lovers

Henry Peters Gray

1846 · Oil on canvas · The American Wing

Gray painted “The Greek Lovers” after a trip to Italy, where, as evidenced by the style and palette of this painting, he was influenced by the art of the Italian Renaissance. This painting was highly regarded in its day, and the subject reflects the nineteenth-century fascination with Greco-Roman antiquity.

Artist

Henry Peters Gray

Date

1846

Medium

Oil on canvas

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of William Church Osborn, 1902